Two dogs that attacked a 40-year-old man at a home he was visiting in Sydney's west are expected to be put down within hours.
The man, a 30-year-old woman and her 10-year-old daughter were all bitten by the animals in Tregear on Thursday afternoon.
The dogs - a male and a female - are described on their registration as American Staffordshire terriers, according to Blacktown City Council.
They are due to be euthanised on Friday afternoon, a council spokeswoman told AAP.
Emergency services say the injured man was mauled and suffered multiple lacerations before going into cardiac arrest.
He was staying at the home and is not the dogs' owner.
The 40-year-old had to be resuscitated and received a blood transfusion before being placed in an induced coma and transported to Westmead Hospital. He remains in a critical condition.
NSW Ambulance Inspector Phil Templeman said the victim had injuries to his ears, face, abdomen and chest.
A number of people in the street had blood on them after trying to help control the dogs at the "horrific" scene, he said.
The bitten girl was taken to the nearby children's hospital, accompanied by her mother who was not admitted.
Animal welfare group RSPCA NSW was called in by police to tranquillise the medium-sized dogs at the property.
They were taken to a local veterinary clinic and spent Thursday night in the council's animal holding facility.
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